Since the group phase of the EuroCup is almost over, I think we should have a look at what has happened this week and what the situation is so far.
Group A
idle.ee oceans6 TEAM-ZENITH Black instant defeat
idle.ee have clearly dominated this group. Showing impressive victories in their first two games, their last game against oceans6 left noone in doubt that we have to consider idle one of the most likely candidates for the victory in this EuroCup XII, although group A was widely considered as the weakest group. The second clan to move on to the playoffs is the oceans6 team, who have won their qualifier and only lost to idle so far. Not moving on to any future matches, but nevertheless to be mentioned here are TEAM-ZENITH Black and instant defeat, who had a very intense match just yesterday, which ended with zenith being victorious and id.no announcing their departure from the ET scene.
Group B
one4one Team-Helix uQ Gaming legend
This is surely one of the most exciting groups. No team has yet played its third match, and we have still three candidates who might move on in this EuroCup. one4one claiming victory over uQ Gaming was responsible for the current situation. We will see uQ taking on legend on Sunday. Assuming they take a 4-0 victory, we have a number of possibilites for the 141 - hx game. If it is 4-0 or 4-2, uQ and 141 move on. If it is 0 - 4, hx and uQ move on. If it is 2-4, we will have all three teams exactly tied. So let's hope for a very exciting Monday evening with this game (which will, as a Christmas gift, be cast by TosspoT himself). legend, however, won't make it into the playoffs, although they put up a good fight in all their games.
Group C
IDKFA rAtatosk Logitech UVM insanity!
All clear here. IDKFA have won their third game, taking down rAtatosk, who are now in second place with two victories. Those teams have shown strong performances and they will surely be exciting to watch in the playoff phase. Not moving on to the finals are Logitech UVM, who beat insanity this week in a 3-mapper, so we won't see any Israeli or Polish team being the winner this year.
Group D
gods.incorporated wArning! Clan SoF pstarZ
This group has its difficulties: While SoF have already played all matches, the last one being a victory over pstarZ this week, wA have two games to play still: vs. god on Sunday and the rescheduled game vs. pstarZ on Monday. god have a safe spot in the playoffs, but if wA lose both games 0-4, we will have three teams tied once again. If, however, wA win just one game, they are in the playoffs.
This is it for the groups. Four matches still to be played on Sunday and Monday, then we will know for sure who is among the 8 best teams here.
In addition to that, map choosing rules have been made public: Teams may choose their maps in the playoffs, but if both teams choose the same, a second one will be chosen at random. If a team has played one map, it may not choose this map for another two games. So we can be sure to see a wide variety being played as the Clanbase EuroCup XII continues.
EuroCup - week's summary and current situation
Group A
Group B
This is surely one of the most exciting groups. No team has yet played its third match, and we have still three candidates who might move on in this EuroCup.
Group C
All clear here.
Group D
This group has its difficulties: While
This is it for the groups. Four matches still to be played on Sunday and Monday, then we will know for sure who is among the 8 best teams here.
In addition to that, map choosing rules have been made public: Teams may choose their maps in the playoffs, but if both teams choose the same, a second one will be chosen at random. If a team has played one map, it may not choose this map for another two games. So we can be sure to see a wide variety being played as the Clanbase EuroCup XII continues.